Cercavila procession for the festival proclamation. Representatives from all the neighbourhood's popular culture groups take part in this festive event. They include the devils and fire beasts of the Colla de Diables and the Colla del Drac, the enormous gegants, and the human tower group, the Colla Castellera Jove de Barcelona. The cercavila procession, which takes place before the reading of the proclamation, sets off from the Rambla del Poblenou and finishes up in the same place.

Reading of versots. Once the festival has been officially opened, still on the Rambla del Poblenou, the neighbourhood's devils read satirical verses, the versots. Unlike many other places, where the verses are recited before or after the correfoc fire run, in Poblenou they are very provocative and make up an event in their own right.

Matinades. The neighbourhood's grallers, playing their traditional double-reeded instruments, and the timbalers with their drums get together early in the morning on the Sunday of the festa major to play the toc de matinades, the morning call. After this they take a route through the neighbourhood streets and visit local residents and organisations that they invite to have a bit to eat with them.

Correfoc. The Colla de Diables del Poblenou and the Colla del Drac fire groups jointly organise the correfoc fire run, which involves three fire beasts, the wyvern Víbria and the dragons Estarrufat and Estarrufadet.

Trobada gegantera. For more than 30 years the Colla Gegantera del Poblenou giants' group has been organising the trobada, a meet held on the Sunday of the festival. Giants from all over the country gather in front of the Centre d’Imatgeria Festiva, from where they later set off on a cercavila, a procession through the neighbourhood's streets.

Diada castellera. At midday on the Sunday of the festa major, the group La Colla Castellera Jove de Barcelona organises a human tower meet on the neighbourhood Rambla.

Final Cercavila. Poblenou's festa major is brought to a close with a fiery cercavila procession through the streets, where everyone who takes part is invited to make noise by banging pans and drums and blowing whistles. The enormous festival figures, the gegants Bernat and Maria, participate, as well as the fire beasts from the Colla del Drac.